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Snood jerky on Windows 7

jenny — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:15:05 +0000

As every serious programmer knows, Snood is a must application for those moments when it is more important to think than to type. Why, Snood has been helping me program since 2003! So I was quite alarmed when I installed the latest version of Snood (4.x) on my newly built computer with Windows 7 and it was jerky. It is just not possible to play Snood when it’s jerky. You can’t aim straight and end up missing all kinds of clear shots.

I did some googling, as I do when ever I have an issue, and lo and behold, I found a solution! Revert back to Snood version 3.52. Perfect! I downloaded the older version directly from the Snood website (the one from CNet was actually the newer version, even though it is labeled as the older), and now I can play Snood productively!

friend my own daughters?

jenny — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:31 +0000

Facebook has recommended that I add Kerri as a friend.

: Friend Kerri?

Of course, I would never friend my own daughter, so I moved on to ignore it. Then what? Another suggestion, this time with both kids!

I’m not sure why I find this so amusing, but I do! I wonder if the girls do?

It is going to be a long year without Kerri

jenny — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:03:25 +0000

She has been gone 3 weeks, and already I am done with her cat. Honestly, Diamond’s a sweet kitty and all…Actually, she’s not that sweet. She can be a real bitch, and she BITES too. You can’t pick her up to move her or she yowls at you (and may try to bite as well). But she’s old, 13 years old, and quite settled in her ways. She has decided that she prefers to be next to people instead of by herself, say, on the couch. Well, when I’m home, I’m not usually on the couch. I’m usually at my desk. So that is where Diamond has decided she needs to be.

So now I have to work with Diamond helping me, which she does this by continually hitting the keys on my keyboard.

It’s going to be a long year.

Grumble grumble

jenny — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:37:35 +0000

Unbelievable. I am working on my computer and suddenly a little system bubble pops up telling me that my C drive is low on disk space. I have two 145GB internal hard drives! How can this be? Well, darn it all, I really do have less than 1GB left on C. No wonder it takes hours for my system to backup, which I do on a remote server. And I have no idea what to get rid of; everything’s important.

I have been smelling poo all evening, but I can’t locate it. I’ve been all around the downstairs sniffing, turned Dot’s cage inside-out, and looked under all kinds of stuff, but it still eludes me. I know the dog needs a bath, but up close, she only smells like dog, not poo.

After grumbling the past few weeks about being invisible, what do I do? Neglect to tell Katie that her sister got her visa problem resolved and left for London yesterday. She cried. Boy do I feel like a shit. Maybe that’s why I smell poo.

I got a huge pain inside when I heard cars and voices outside the side of the house and realized it won’t be Kerri and her friends. This sucks. And with Katie planning on moving from Beverly to somewhere near Andover, we’ll never see her anymore either (even if it’s just for laundry). Must get another puppy to alleviate my empty-nest syndrome. Oh wait, that would mean more poo. Never mind. I’ll get another hard drive instead.

firefox bookmarks frozen search results

jenny — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:15:09 +0000

I was actually googling “firefox bookmarks frozen” because I can’t add or reorder any of my bookmarks in Firefox, and I desperately want to bookmark some CDs I have been listening to through my Naxos subscription. I didn’t find any useful information, but I did see a line “Firefox has been frozen by your add-on.” in the search results. Even though the site was something I’ve never heard of (MyProps.org), it didn’t have google’s warning about being a spyware site, so I clicked on it. The article in question turned out to be just a link to another site, which turned out to be a photo gallery from the Telegraph (UK): “A tight spot: the silly animals that found themselves a bit stuck“. Great photos! Except the one with the six-week-old fox cub; that one was very sad. Thank goodness someone found the cub before it died. Of course, I still can’t add bookmarks.

lessons of the month

jenny — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:11:08 +0000

This month has flown right by, but not without some learning experiences. Here are some things I learned:

Never give Schrödie flea medicine while wearing a decent shirt; she still has back claws.

There is a limit as to how much milk one can ingest in the span of three minutes.

High school kids that play in pit bands are really cool.

The Comfort Inn is not that comfortable.

It can take 50 minutes to drive 5 miles when there is night construction on I-95.

Always make a backup of a database table before you do anything to it.

Agatha Christie is still a good read.

Some vampire cable shows should never have been made.

Oh where, oh where are my grades?

jenny — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:57:53 +0000

Okay, we’ve been out of the course for nearly two weeks. We turned in our final exam nearly a week ago.

Grades, grades, where are my grades?

We were told we’d have them Thursday. It’s now Saturday.

I’m dying here!

I keep checking COAST; they’re not there. I keep checking email; it’s not there.

Oh where, oh where are my grades?

my sunday

jenny — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:26:29 +0000

Working like mad … under several deadlines … must practice oboe, clarinet, tenor solos … must put away laundry … must make cookies … must make pumpkin seeds … and this sums up how my day is going:

http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1736.html

I suppose it’s good news that it’s been more like 2 hours than 2 days, but still…

seo for google

jenny — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:53:20 +0000

This was posted on one of the listservs I belong to. Ever wonder if Google has SEO’d (Search Engine Optimized) their site? Probably not, because if they had, it would look like this.

Network Support Specialist

jenny — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:39:11 +0000

As of July 2, I will be in a new position at Endicott College: Network Support Specialist. Basically, this is a lateral move from the web development area of IT to the network area of IT. I will still dabble in programming, be responsible for scripting, and will be learning lots and lots about networking. I’m terribly excited, as this is an area of IT I have wanted to be more involved in for quite some time. I’ve already done a bit of server management and database administration so far, and enjoy the work.

White Wave Designs will, of course, continue as before It pays for the music lessons and my ever-expanding collection of instruments!